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How are epidermofitona
If this disease to others?
How to reduce the risk of disease?
Athlete’s footis one of the most common fungal infections of the skin and nails. Agents of it – epidermofitona – first introduced in the skin of the feet, and then striking and the nail plate. They are clearly visible under mikroskopam. These fungi are resistant to low temperatures and exposure to many disinfectants. In the detached flake of skin or a piece of nail they can live for several years. Magicforum figured out how to define this problem and what to do if you have this terrible and unpleasant fungus.
How are epidermofitona
Epidermofitona grow well in warm, moist environments. So most often, the disease occurs in people suffering from excessive sweating feet. The fact is that such skin is more prone to injury. On the skin of the feet, the interdigital folds, on the inner surfaces of the fingers appears a slight peeling. At first it was barely noticeable and of little concern to the patient, but improves with time, there is a painful itch. Deep folds are formed are painful and sometimes deep abrasions.
On the arch of the foot and between the toes is often observed eruptions. Small (millet seed) and sometimes large (up to pea) vesicles with turbid contents, as a rule, merge, burst when walking. And so they remain inflamed moist areas.
Now the skin can easily penetrate pyogenic microbes. Stop swollen lymph nodes in the groin area increases, becomes painful. Skin rashes (nodules, red spots) can spread throughout the body. Fortunately, these severe forms of athlete is extremely rare. If the fungi affect the nails, thicker nails appear yellow spots and stripes, which gradually increase. First, the nails thicken, then begin to crumble, sometimes the nail plate separates from the nail bed.
If this disease to others?
Athlete’s foot– contagious fungal disease. Mostly it affects adults and youths, and children much less. The disease is prone to chronic course with periodic exacerbations in spring and summer. In the winter she sometimes calms down and almost does not cause concern.
Some patientsin this period without the permission of the doctor stop the treatment and fail to comply with the required hygiene rules. This can not be done despite temporary improvement, the fungus stays in the skin, and the patient may be a source of infection of others. It is therefore important to monitor the hygiene and not to use the common shoes, not to go with such a problem in the pool or public baths and try to limit skin contact.
How come epidermofitonato a healthy person? Most often they are transmitted through indoor shoes, if they are used by the whole family, netintelligence shoes, shared a bed. Therefore, as often the diseasequickly spreads from one family member to another. Infected with athlete’s foot is possible when you visit the bath, shower, swimming pool and even a gym. If the patient goes barefoot, he always leaves skin flakes and microscopic pieces of nails affected by fungi. Especially a lot of them accumulate in the bath have a clogged drain. To moist, steamed after washing the skin of the feet and interdigital folds of the scales easily stick.
Among using the services of pedicure Cabinet can be people, patients with athlete’s foot. And if pedicure not thoroughly disinfect tools with alcohol or formalin solution and don’t wash hands after each visitor, there is a risk of infection. For this reason, it is not recommended to use someone else’s scissors for trimming nails, as well as a washcloth, towel. Only observing the rules of personal hygiene, you can prevent the disease.
For the bath, pool it is best to buy individual bath Slippers. The basin and the bench have repeatedly pour boiling water. This will allow you to protect yourself and others if you already have a problem.
Using the bathroom,watch her clean: wash thoroughly with soap or detergent, and then rinse with hot water. After washing of the feet should be wiped dry with a towel, the soles and interdigital folds to wipe with cotton balls soaked in Cologne or diluted vinegar. Do not use sponge rubber or nylon carpets, they stay for a long time fallen skin flakes.
How to reduce the risk of disease?
Those who have increased sweating of the feet, suffering from athlete’s foot it is not recommended to wear rubber shoes. Socks should be changed daily. Sweaty shoes are fertile ground for fungi. With this in mind, do not wear other people’s shoes, boots; the shoes bought in a thrift store or with hands, disinfect. Disinfection of such shoes but your request will do to the district disinfection station. You can disinfect at home: a cotton swab dipped in a 25% aqueous solution of formalin (one part formalin to three parts water), to impregnate the insole and the inner surface of the shoes and 2 hours to put it in a plastic bag or wrap with paper. Then aired during the day. Formalin can be replaced 30-40-percent solution of acetic acid (one part of vinegar to two parts water). Stockings, socks, washcloths, towels, and bed linen of patients with athlete’s foot disinfected by boiling for 10 minutes.
Treatment of the athlete is conducted individually, depending on the extent and prevalence of the disease.
Unfortunately, some do not go to the doctor and trying to self-treat by various means, which are abundant in the sale. Such treatment may lead to exacerbation of the disease. It is therefore important at the first sign of illness (diaper rash, scaling) immediately contact the medical facility. Help suffering from athlete’s foot doctors mycological clinics STI clinics and outpatient clinics. Equally important to complete the course of treatment, and not to interrupt him with the obvious improvement is the fungus can long persist on the skin.
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